He's a Fighting Fool, Give Him the Best You've Got (charcoal soldier)
War Production Board poster: a charcoal-style drawing of an infantryman in helmet and pack advancing with a bayoneted rifle, with the lines 'He's a "Fighting Fool" - Give him the best you've got!' and the banner 'MORE PRODUCTION!'. The soldier is used to ask workers for output.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Production Board (artist signed Norton)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance, Labor
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
War Production Board. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-981 (NAID 514488).
Text on the object
He's a "Fighting Fool"- Give him the best you've got! MORE PRODUCTION! [signature: Norton (uncertain)] [imprint: ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-448784] WAR PRODUCTION BOARD WASHINGTON, D. C.
